Device Connector

Intersight Management Mode

Cisco Intersight™ is a management platform delivered as a service with embedded analytics for your Cisco and 3rd party IT infrastructure. Intersight Managed Mode (IMM) is a new architecture that manages the UCS Fabric Interconnected systems through a Redfish-based standard model. Intersight Managed Mode unifies the capabilities of the UCS Systems and the cloud-based flexibility of Intersight, thus unifying the management experience for the standalone and Fabric Interconnect attached systems.

Cisco Baseboard Management Controller displays the following warning if the Device Connector does not detect a connection to Cisco Intersight Services:

The Device Connector is unable to detect a connection to Cisco Intersight. Please check your settings and ensure that the server is claimed in Intersight with an Intersight Infrastructure Services license to be in compliance.( 1/5 )

You may click OK to go to Device Connector and configure the settings or click Cancel to continue.

Apart from the warning, Cisco Baseboard Management Controller also shows the following static ribbon at the top of screen:

Please note: Intersight Infrastrucutre Services license is required with this server. Learn More.

You may click Learn More to get more information from Intersight Help Center.


Note

This message is not displayed if the Device Connector is configured. If the Device Connector is configured once, and later disabled, the message is displayed again.

Enabling or Disabling Device Connector

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select General.

You can view or update the following properties:

Name

Description

Device Connector toggle button

Allows you to enable or disable the Intersight management. This can be one of the following:

  • On—Enables the Intersight management. You can claim this system and leverage the capabilities of Cisco Intersight.

  • Off—Disables the Intersight management. No communication will be allowed to Cisco Intersight.

Access Mode radio button

This can be one of the following:

  • Read-only — When the Read-only access mode is selected, you cannot configure the device through Intersight.

  • Allow Control — When the Allow Control mode is selected, you will have full control to configure the device through Intersight.

Configuration from Intersight only toggle button

This option is configurable only when Allow Control mode is enabled. The Configure Lockout options are as follows:

  • OFF— To manage the device both locally and from Intersight you can turn OFF the option Configuration from Intersight only . The setting will terminate all the existing sessions (webUI, XML and CLI).

  • ON — To lock out Cisco IMC configuration for Intersight you can turn ON the option Configuration from Intersight only . The setting will terminate all the existing sessions (webUI, XML and CLI).

Note

 
When you are logged in as admin in the Configuration Lock Out mode, the admin role will be mapped to the User role, so the interfaces behave as user logged in with the User role.

Tunneled vKVM toggle button

This setting enables the use of a secure tunnel to access the server's KVM interface. When enabled, the KVM traffic is routed through a secure tunnel, typically via the Device Connector, enhancing the security of remote management sessions by encrypting the data transmitted between the client and the server

Step 4

Click Save.

Setting DNS Configuration

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select DNS Configuration.

You can view or update the following properties:

Name

Description

Domain Name field

The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or hostname of the server for Cisco IMC.

DNS Server field

IP address of the FQDN.

Add/Delete

You can also add or delete DNS servers.

Step 4

Click Save.

Setting NTP Configuration

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select NTP Configuration.

You can view or update the following property:

Name

Description

NTP Server field

The IP/DNS address of one of the servers that act as an NTP server.

Step 4

Click Save.

Configuring Proxy Settings

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select Proxy Configuration.

You can view or update the following properties:

Name

Description

Enable Proxy toggle button

Allows you to enable or disable the HTTPS proxy settings.

Proxy Hostname/IP field

The IP address or the host name of the proxy server.

Proxy Port field

The port number of the proxy server.

Authentication toggle button

Enabling this option allows you to provide the credentials for the proxy server.

Username field

The credentials for the proxy server.

Password field

Step 4

Click Save.

Importing or Viewing Certificate

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select Certificate Manager.

You can view or update the following properties:

Table 1. Certificate Manager

Name

Description

Import button

Allows you to select and import a CA signed certificate.

Note

 

The imported certificates must be in the *.pem (base64 encoded) format.

Name column

Common name of the CA certificate.

In User column

Whether the certificate in the trust store was used to successfully verify the remote server.

Issued By column

The issuing authority for the certificate.

Expires column

The expiry date of the certificate.

View Certificate icon

Click to see certificate details.

Delete Certificate button

Allows you to delete a certificate.

Note

 

You cannot delete bundled certificates (certificates with the lock icon).

Checking Appliance Connection

Procedure

Step 1

From the Navigation Pane, select Device Connector.

Step 2

Click Settings.

The Settings navigation is displayed.

Step 3

Select Connection.

Step 4

From the Check Connection drop-down list, select the appliance for which you wish to check the connection.

You can view the following properties:

Table 2. Connection

Name

Description

View Details

Allows you to view the Addresses and Latency values under DNS Resolution.

View Remediations

Allows administrators to view remediation actions that need to be taken on the server. Remediations typically include updates, patches, or configuration changes required to bring the server into compliance with security policies or operational standards.

Debug Logs

Allows you to view the debug logs.